Sentence examples for could have rationally from inspiring English sources

Third, the special committee could have rationally believed that the stockholders preferred liquidity at a premium to market.

"The Pennsylvania legislature could have rationally believed that some married women are initially inclined to obtain an abortion without their husbands' knowledge because of perceived problems — such as economic constraints, future plans or the husbands' previously expressed opposition — that may be obviated by discussion prior to the abortion," Alito wrote.

The government claims that no one in Mr. Lee's shoes facing the evidence of guilt he allegedly faced could have rationally chosen to decline to plead guilty and risk a longer prison sentence if convicted after trial.

In this study of patients referred to a TB hospital in Tanzania for second-line therapy, the majority had one or more medication that could have rationally been modified with the application of quantitative susceptibility.

They're harder to predict and sometimes evolve away from intended purposes, but can also achieve outcomes we could never have rationally designed.

Had county officials talked with the students, discrepancies could have been discussed rationally and procedural problems could have been solved.

But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable," he said.

Id. at 597 (concluding that provisions of the LHMA were constitutional because "the General Assembly rationally could have concluded that the legislation was one step toward resolving the problem of lead poisoning of children in Rhode Island").

Or we could have acted, you know, rationally: every economist, left, right and centre, has said for a generation that it makes no sense to let the fossil fuel companies pour their carbon out for free, and that the economic mess we're creating far outweighs the cost of preventing it.

This is huge, and for those impacted clients and their advisors, more than anyone rationally could have been expected.

"I know, rationally, it could have happened on East 72nd Street or on Barrow Street," Ms. Fordyce said.